Highlighting text automatically

[amcg]

Hi.

The database is Access 97. The user runs a query that finds a specific piece of text in a large text field. The field is then displayed in a text box on a form. I want to highlight the specific piece of text within the text box that the user had been searching for, and indeed each occurence of that piece of text. Is this possible?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Shortie]

You may be able to do this using the rich text ActiveX control rather than your standard text box. The file you want is RichTX32.ocx.

 

[jfischer]

Here's a link to Microsoft's VB documentation on the RichTextBox control.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/rtfbox98/html/vbobjrichedit.asp

 

[amcg]

Thanks for the pointers. That looks as if it will faclilitate my needs.